The Book of Job Can Help You When You Counsel- HOW JOB'S THREE COMPANIONS COUNSELED HIM - Conclusion

 How we can benefit. As Christians, we want to help our brothers and sisters when they go through trials. However, to do so, we must avoid what Job's three companions did.  First, we should refrain from jumping to conclusions and be sure that what we say is based on solid facts. Second, we should not build our advice primarily on the unstable ground of personal experience, as Eliphaz often did, but rather, on the solid bedrock of God's Word. (Job 4;8; 5:3, 27) Third, we need to avoid harsh or critical speech. Remember Eliphaz and his companions did speak some things that were true; one of their statements often quoted by another inspired Bible writer.  (Compare Job 5:13; with 1 Corinthians 3:19.) Nevertheless, most of what they said misrepresented God and hurt Job, so Jehovah judged what they said as false. (Job 42:7, 8) Good counsel never paints Jehovah as reasonable or his servants as unlovable. Let us now discuss what we can learn from Eliju's example. 

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